49: Arrival

SUNSHINE:

I looked at Thalia with a horrified expression on my face.

She knew? How? I was careful that no one would know about it.

Thalia laughed seeing my expression. “I knew it,” she confirmed. “No matter how careful you two were, my observant eyes would always catch something.”

“How?” I asked in disbelief.

She gave a knowing smile. “Like I said, I read your body movements and the way you stared at the alpha and the way he stared at you.”

“He never bothered to look at me.” And if he did, he only glared as if I did something against him.

“That’s what you are wrong. When you are not looking, he is watching your every move. The longing in his eyes. His soft expression. Then it will turn cold when he realizes something. He is fighting against his own emotions.”

I never noticed any of that.

“Why did you think he was fighting about it?”

“Only the alpha knows about it.” She grabbed my hand and pulled me back into my seat. “You cannot run away now that you’re busted. Come on, Sunny. You